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You can't drive forward looking in the
mirror!
Bill Covert
[There] is nothing more damaging to your future potential than
spending your present dwelling on the past. Whatever has happened
is over. Glory or defeat, once the clock struck midnight, the day
was done. You are reborn each morning, and who you are each day is
defined by what you do that day and that day only. You are not your
past. You are only your present and your present actions will
determine your future.
Now, let the past instruct you so you can
be wiser marching forward, but don’t let it continue to suck
you backwards... [Let] your past be “a school master, not a
club.” Let it instruct you, not continue to beat you down.
Look back for lessons, not excuses.
Oh, and by the way, that [diploma or]
degree you [will earn or have earned will be] deemed irrelevant
within 18 months after graduation. What you have learned lately is
what’s important. The dusty trophy on your shelf won’t
pay your mortgage, time to get into today’s playing field of
life and play with intensity. There is a great line I heard that
says,
“You can never obtain success, you can only rent it and the
rent is due every day.”
It’s great to achieve, celebrate your
victories and be proud of your accomplishments, just keep your eyes
on the road ahead and not fixated on your rearview mirror or you
too, might find your life accidentally smashed into an object you
didn’t see just in front of you.
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